Numbers 8

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

1 耶和华对摩西说：

2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”

2 “你告诉亚伦，‘你安放灯的时候，七盏灯都要照在灯台前面。’”

3 And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

3 亚伦就照耶和华对摩西的吩咐把灯放好，使灯照亮灯台前面。

4 This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

4 整座灯台，从灯座到花朵，都是照耶和华指示摩西的样式用金子锤制而成的。

5 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

5 耶和华对摩西说：

6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

6 “你要把利未人从其他以色列人中分别出来，洁净他们。

7 This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

7 要用以下的方法洁净他们，把洁净水洒在他们身上，叫他们用剃刀剃净全身，洗净衣服，这样他们就洁净了。

8 Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

8 然后叫他们带来一头公牛犊及作素祭的调了油的细面粉，你要另献一头公牛犊作赎罪祭。

9 Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.

9 你要招聚以色列全体会众，将利未人带到会幕前，

10 You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.

10 带到耶和华面前，会众要把手按在他们身上。

11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

11 亚伦要把他们献给耶和华，作为以色列人献的摇祭，使他们可以事奉耶和华。

12 And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

12 利未人要把手按在那两头公牛的头上，然后你要把一头作为赎罪祭，一头作为燔祭献给耶和华，好为利未人赎罪。

13 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

13 你要让利未人站在亚伦父子们面前，把他们当作摇祭献给耶和华。

14 In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

14 这样，你就把利未人从其他以色列人中分别出来，使他们归给我。

15 After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

15 利未人被洁净、当作摇祭献上以后，就可以进会幕司职，

16 For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

16 因为在以色列人中，他们完全属于我，我拣选他们归我所有，以代替以色列人所有的长子。

17 For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

17 以色列人所有的长子和头生的牲畜都属于我。我击杀埃及人所有的长子和头生的牲畜那天，已把以色列人所有的长子和头生的牲畜都分别出来，使之圣洁，归给我。

18 But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

18 我现在已拣选利未人代替以色列人所有的长子。

19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

19 我从以色列人中把利未人作为礼物交给亚伦父子们，替以色列人在会幕中司职，为以色列人赎罪，免得以色列人因接近圣所而遭祸。”

20 So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.

20 摩西、亚伦和以色列全体会众，就按照耶和华对摩西的吩咐把利未人献上。

21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

21 利未人自洁、洗净衣服后，亚伦把他们当作摇祭献给耶和华，又为他们赎罪，使他们洁净。

22 After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

22 之后，利未人便进入会幕，在亚伦父子们的监督下司职。以色列人照耶和华对摩西的吩咐奉献了利未人。

23 And the LORD said to Moses,

23 耶和华对摩西说：

24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

24 “二十五岁以上的利未人都要到会幕司职，

25 But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.

25 五十岁时退休，不再司职。

26 After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”

26 退休之后，他们可以协助本族弟兄看守会幕，不用再司职。你要这样给他们分派工作。”